Backed Meaning and Definition

Word: Backed

Noun

Definitions:

1. The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.

Example sentences: "He lay on his back"

2. The side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear.

Example sentences: "At the back of the hotel is a secluded garden"

3. A player in a team game who plays in a defensive position behind the forwards.

Example sentences: "Their backs showed some impressive running and passing"

4. The grounds of Cambridge colleges which back on to the River Cam.

Adverb

Definitions:

1. In the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.

Example sentences: "He moved back a pace"

2. So as to return to an earlier or normal position or condition.

Example sentences: "She put the book back on the shelf"

3. In or into the past.

Example sentences: "He made his fortune back in 1955"

4. In return.

Example sentences: "They wrote back to me"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Example sentences: "He had a newspaper empire backing him"

2. Walk or drive backwards.

Example sentences: "I put the car in reverse and backed down the road"

3. Cover the back of (an article) in order to support, protect, or decorate it.

Example sentences: "A mirror backed with tortoiseshell"

4. Lie behind or at the back of.

Example sentences: "The promenade is backed by lots of cafes"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Of or at the back of something.

Example sentences: "The back garden"

2. From or relating to the past.

Example sentences: "She was owed back pay"

3. Directed towards the rear or in a reversed course.

4. (of a sound) articulated at the back of the mouth.

Example sentences: "A long back vowel, as in 'dance' or 'bath'"

Derivations:

backing

backer

back

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Backed in Other Languages...

Spanish: Respaldados

German: Backed

French: Soutenu

Italian: Sostenuta

Turkish: Destekli